What do you call areas along a fault where relatively few earthquakes occur?

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What do you call areas along a fault where relatively few earthquakes occur?

HINT: 10 letters long, has an s and a g in it. (could be 2 or 3 words)

2007-01-10 09:16:44 · 5 answers · asked by swmchick8 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

5 answers

seismic gap

2007-01-10 09:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by me 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋

The area of seismic gap is much more likely to have violent movement during an earthquake because the stresses have built up over a long period of time and when it releases the results are more dynamic.

2007-01-10 10:18:05 · answer #2 · answered by intrepid 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Lucky?

2007-01-10 09:19:17 · answer #3 · answered by Kdude 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋

Faultless!!!! LOL

2007-01-10 09:19:15 · answer #4 · answered by Its me!!! :) 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋

fxcknlucky ???

2007-01-10 09:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋